The Year of Our Lord 1983

Bishop Events

May

Date Age Event Bishop Title Current Title

May 71.8 Resigned Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz, O.P. † Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China Bishop Emeritus

1 May 25.7 Solemn Vows Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M. Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland

26.6 Ordained Priest Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D. Priest of Society of the Divine Word Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia

2 May 48.9 Appointed Edward Robert Adams Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa Bishop Emeritus

55.9 Appointed Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon † Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco Archbishop Emeritus

3 May 52.4 Ordained Bishop Leonard Anthony Boyle † Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand Bishop Emeritus

26.6 Ordained Priest Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini Priest Bishop of Guntur, India

68.7 Appointed Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín † Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

67.0 Appointed José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile Archbishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin † Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile Archbishop Emeritus

53.1 Died Herbé Seijas † Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay

75.6 Retired Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. † Archbishop of Santiago de Chile Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

75.7 Retired Emilio Tagle Covarrubias † Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile Bishop Emeritus

65.5 Appointed Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos † Archbishop (Personal Title) of Valparaíso, Chile Bishop Emeritus

4 May 49.7 Installed Stanley Girard Schlarman Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA Bishop Emeritus

42.9 Ordained Bishop Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay † Titular Bishop of Belesasa Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México

6 May 63.3 Appointed John Joseph O’Connor † Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA

7 May 46.4 Succeeded Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a † Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)

25.9 Ordained Deacon Biagio Colaianni Deacon of Matera e Irsina, Italy Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy

25.8 Ordained Priest Robert Anthony Daniels Priest of London, Ontario, Canada Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

25.8 Professed José Aparecido Hergesse, C.R. Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular Priest

46.4 Ordained Bishop Joseph Kingsley Swampillai Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

69.7 Resigned Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. † Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.) Bishop Emeritus

8 May 25.8 Ordained Deacon Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M. Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland

73.3 Died Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira † Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil

26.2 Ordained Priest Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C. Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate Archbishop of Gdańsk, Poland

9 May 55.8 Appointed Giovanni Ceirano † Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Vienna Apostolic Nuncio

10 May 60.3 Ordained Bishop Joseph Thomas Dimino † Titular Bishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara) Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

69.7 Resigned Frederick William Freking † Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

52.6 Ordained Bishop Lawrence Joyce Kenney † Titular Bishop of Hólar Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military

54.5 Ordained Bishop Francis Xavier Roque † Titular Bishop of Bagai Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military

74.8 Resigned Aloysius John Wycislo † Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA Bishop Emeritus

11 May 25.2 Ordained Priest Raphy Manjaly Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India Archbishop of Agra, India

12 May 46.9 Ordained Bishop William Joseph Levada † Titular Bishop of Capreae Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

59.9 Ordained Bishop Donald William Montrose † Titular Bishop of Forum Novum Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA

35.2 Appointed Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B. Apostolic Administrator of Díli, Timor-Leste Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

13 May 45.7 Appointed Joseph Devine † Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain Bishop Emeritus

63.6 Appointed Jožef Kvas † Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

63.6 Appointed Jožef Kvas † Titular Bishop of Calama Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia

47.4 Appointed João Miranda Teixeira Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

47.4 Appointed João Miranda Teixeira Titular Bishop of Castellum Iabar Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal

47.7 Appointed Anthony Frederick Tonnos Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Bishop Emeritus

47.7 Appointed Anthony Frederick Tonnos Titular Bishop of Nationa Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

14 May 27.1 Ordained Deacon Joseph Charles Bambera Deacon of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA Bishop

26.7 Ordained Priest William Edward Koenig Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA

52.3 Ordained Bishop Reginald Joseph Orsmond † Titular Bishop of Assuras Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa

15 May 50.0 Ordained Bishop Giuseppe Chiaretti † Bishop of Montalto-San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy

42.6 Ordained Bishop Anthony J. Farquhar † Titular Bishop of Hermiana Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

52.8 Resigned Romualdas Krikšciunas † Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys, Lithuania Apostolic Administrator Emeritus

54.1 Ordained Bishop Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. † Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

50.3 Installed Eugenio Ravignani † Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy

47.3 Installed François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary † Coadjutor Bishop of Nice, France Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

109.9 Beatified St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. † Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China

52.0 Ordained Bishop Patrick Joseph Walsh † Titular Bishop of Ros Cré Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland

16 May 55.5 Died Pierre-Célestin Nkou † Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon

52.2 Appointed Camillo Ruini Auxiliary Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

52.2 Appointed Camillo Ruini Titular Bishop of Nepte Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy

17 May 55.2 Appointed Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. † Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

19 May 75.3 Retired Thomas Joseph Drury † Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed René Henry Gracida Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Walter Theodor Jansen † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

59.9 Appointed Walter Theodor Jansen † Titular Bishop of Barica Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany

59.8 Appointed Aghnatios Elias Yaacoub, S.J. † Coadjutor Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt

20 May 60.1 Appointed Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. † Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum

80.9 Died Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka † Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan

21 May 29.0 Ordained Priest Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin Bishop of Naha, Japan

27.9 Ordained Priest Paul Stagg Coakley Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

27.6 Ordained Priest Carlos Alberto dos Santos Priest of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil

40.7 Ordained Bishop Joseph Vianney Fernando Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka Bishop Emeritus

73.2 Resigned Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.Ss.R. † Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia Bishop Emeritus

41.9 Ordained Bishop Peter Joseph Kairo Bishop of Muranga, Kenya Archbishop Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya

22 May 24.5 Ordained Priest Roman Pindel Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland

23 May 44.6 Ordained Bishop Robert Henry Brom † Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA

28.6 Ordained Deacon Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière Deacon Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France

61.2 Ordained Bishop Jožef Smej † Titular Bishop of Tzernicus Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia

26 May 63.8 Appointed Enrico Assi † Bishop of Cremona, Italy

86.3 Died Alexandre (Sandor) Chira † Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

47.0 Succeeded Nei Paulo Moretto † Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

61.9 Selected Ivan Semedi † Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine Bishop Emeritus

61.6 Resigned Fiorino Tagliaferri † Bishop of Cremona, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy

74.9 Retired Benedito Zorzi † Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

28 May 24.8 Ordained Priest Everardus Johannes de Jong Priest of Roermond, Netherlands Auxiliary Bishop

78.4 Died Silvio Luis Haro Alvear † Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador

25.8 Ordained Priest Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M. Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great) Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland

29.1 Ordained Priest Marco Salvi Priest of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy

30.6 Ordained Deacon Joseph Werth, S.J. Deacon of Society of Jesus Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

29 May 37.4 Ordained Priest Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz Priest of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon, France

33.9 Ordained Priest Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M. Priest of Order of Friars Minor Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine

24.3 Ordained Priest Gilbert Armea Garcera Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines

51.8 Ordained Bishop Alessandro Maggiolini † Bishop of Carpi, Italy Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy

47.8 Ordained Bishop Celso Yegros Estigarribia † Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay Bishop Emeritus

30 May 42.3 Appointed Paul Dahdah, O.C.D. Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon

52.9 Appointed Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap. Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Bishop Emeritus

80.0 Retired Augustinus Frotz † Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

76.7 Retired Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. † Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq Archbishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Andrew Pataki † Auxiliary Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA Bishop Emeritus

55.7 Appointed Andrew Pataki † Titular Bishop of Telmissus Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA

31 May 63.6 Resigned Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. † Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada Bishop Emeritus

63.4 Appointed Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

63.4 Ceased Santo Bartolomeo Quadri † Apostolic Administrator of Amelia, Italy Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
May	71.8	Resigned	Juan Bautista Velasco Díaz, O.P. †	Bishop of Xiamen [Hsiamen, Amoy], China	Bishop Emeritus
1 May	25.7	Solemn Vows	Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M.	Member of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland
26.6	Ordained Priest	Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D.	Priest of Society of the Divine Word	Archbishop of Beograd (-Smederevo), Serbia
2 May	48.9	Appointed	Edward Robert Adams	Bishop of Oudtshoorn, South Africa	Bishop Emeritus
55.9	Appointed	Hubert Louis Marie Félix Michon †	Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco	Archbishop Emeritus
3 May	52.4	Ordained Bishop	Leonard Anthony Boyle †	Coadjutor Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand	Bishop Emeritus
26.6	Ordained Priest	Bhagyaiah Chinnabathini	Priest	Bishop of Guntur, India
68.7	Appointed	Juan Francisco Fresno Larraín †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
67.0	Appointed	José Manuel Santos Ascarza, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Manuel Sánchez Beguiristáin †	Archbishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione), Chile	Archbishop Emeritus
53.1	Died	Herbé Seijas †	Bishop of San José de Mayo, Uruguay
75.6	Retired	Raúl Silva Henríquez, S.D.B. †	Archbishop of Santiago de Chile	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus
75.7	Retired	Emilio Tagle Covarrubias †	Bishop of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
65.5	Appointed	Francisco de Borja Valenzuela Ríos †	Archbishop (Personal Title) of Valparaíso, Chile	Bishop Emeritus
4 May	49.7	Installed	Stanley Girard Schlarman	Bishop of Dodge City, Kansas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
42.9	Ordained Bishop	Jesús Humberto Velázquez Garay †	Titular Bishop of Belesasa	Bishop Emeritus of Celaya, Guanajuato, México
6 May	63.3	Appointed	John Joseph O’Connor †	Bishop of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Cardinal, Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
7 May	46.4	Succeeded	Emile Aiti Waro Leru’a †	Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus of Isiro-Niangara, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
25.9	Ordained Deacon	Biagio Colaianni	Deacon of Matera e Irsina, Italy	Archbishop of Campobasso-Boiano, Italy
25.8	Ordained Priest	Robert Anthony Daniels	Priest of London, Ontario, Canada	Bishop of Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada
25.8	Professed	José Aparecido Hergesse, C.R.	Member of Congregation of Clerics Regular	Priest
46.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Kingsley Swampillai	Bishop of Trincomalee-Batticaloa, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
69.7	Resigned	Guillaume van den Elzen, O.S.A. †	Bishop of Doruma-Dungu, Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Bishop Emeritus
8 May	25.8	Ordained Deacon	Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M.	Deacon of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland
73.3	Died	Expedito Eduardo de Oliveira †	Bishop of Patos, Paraiba, Brazil
26.2	Ordained Priest	Tadeusz Wojda, S.A.C.	Priest of Society of the Catholic Apostolate	Archbishop of Gdańsk, Poland
9 May	55.8	Appointed	Giovanni Ceirano †	Permanent Observer to United Nations Office and Specialized Agencies in Vienna	Apostolic Nuncio
10 May	60.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Thomas Dimino †	Titular Bishop of Hyccarum (Hyccara)	Archbishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
69.7	Resigned	Frederick William Freking †	Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
52.6	Ordained Bishop	Lawrence Joyce Kenney †	Titular Bishop of Hólar	Auxiliary Bishop of United States of America, Military
54.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis Xavier Roque †	Titular Bishop of Bagai	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of United States of America, Military
74.8	Resigned	Aloysius John Wycislo †	Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA	Bishop Emeritus
11 May	25.2	Ordained Priest	Raphy Manjaly	Priest of Trichur (Syro-Malabar), India	Archbishop of Agra, India
12 May	46.9	Ordained Bishop	William Joseph Levada †	Titular Bishop of Capreae	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
59.9	Ordained Bishop	Donald William Montrose †	Titular Bishop of Forum Novum	Bishop Emeritus of Stockton, California, USA
35.2	Appointed	Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, S.D.B.	Apostolic Administrator of Díli, Timor-Leste	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
13 May	45.7	Appointed	Joseph Devine †	Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus
63.6	Appointed	Jožef Kvas †	Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana, Slovenia	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
63.6	Appointed	Jožef Kvas †	Titular Bishop of Calama	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Ljubljana, Slovenia
47.4	Appointed	João Miranda Teixeira	Auxiliary Bishop of Porto, Portugal	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
47.4	Appointed	João Miranda Teixeira	Titular Bishop of Castellum Iabar	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Porto, Portugal
47.7	Appointed	Anthony Frederick Tonnos	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
47.7	Appointed	Anthony Frederick Tonnos	Titular Bishop of Nationa	Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
14 May	27.1	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Charles Bambera	Deacon of Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA	Bishop
26.7	Ordained Priest	William Edward Koenig	Priest of Rockville Centre, New York, USA	Bishop of Wilmington, Delaware, USA
52.3	Ordained Bishop	Reginald Joseph Orsmond †	Titular Bishop of Assuras	Bishop of Johannesburg, South Africa
15 May	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Giuseppe Chiaretti †	Bishop of Montalto-San Benedetto del Tronto-Ripatransone, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy
42.6	Ordained Bishop	Anthony J. Farquhar †	Titular Bishop of Hermiana	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
52.8	Resigned	Romualdas Krikšciunas †	Apostolic Administrator of Panevėžys, Lithuania	Apostolic Administrator Emeritus
54.1	Ordained Bishop	Antônio Possamai, S.D.B. †	Bishop of Ji-Paraná, Rondonia, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
50.3	Installed	Eugenio Ravignani †	Bishop of Vittorio Veneto, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Trieste, Italy
47.3	Installed	François de Sales Marie Adrien Saint-Macary †	Coadjutor Bishop of Nice, France	Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
109.9	Beatified	St. Luigi Versiglia, S.D.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shiuchow [Shaoguan], China
52.0	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Joseph Walsh †	Titular Bishop of Ros Cré	Bishop Emeritus of Down and Connor, Ireland
16 May	55.5	Died	Pierre-Célestin Nkou †	Bishop of Sangmélima, Cameroon
52.2	Appointed	Camillo Ruini	Auxiliary Bishop of Reggio Emilia, Italy	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
52.2	Appointed	Camillo Ruini	Titular Bishop of Nepte	Cardinal, Vicar General Emeritus of Roma {Rome}, Italy
17 May	55.2	Appointed	Domingos Gabriel Wisniewski, C.M. †	Bishop of Apucarana, Parana, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
19 May	75.3	Retired	Thomas Joseph Drury †	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	René Henry Gracida	Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA	Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Walter Theodor Jansen †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
59.9	Appointed	Walter Theodor Jansen †	Titular Bishop of Barica	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
59.8	Appointed	Aghnatios Elias Yaacoub, S.J. †	Coadjutor Bishop of Assiut {Lycopolis} (Coptic), Egypt	Bishop of Luqsor {Tebe} (Coptic), Egypt
20 May	60.1	Appointed	Laszlo Anthony Iranyi, Sch. P. †	Titular Bishop of Castellum Medianum
80.9	Died	Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka †	Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu, Japan
21 May	29.0	Ordained Priest	Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Bishop of Naha, Japan
27.9	Ordained Priest	Paul Stagg Coakley	Priest of Wichita, Kansas, USA	Archbishop of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
27.6	Ordained Priest	Carlos Alberto dos Santos	Priest of Aracajú, Sergipe, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus of Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
40.7	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Vianney Fernando	Bishop of Kandy, Sri Lanka	Bishop Emeritus
73.2	Resigned	Bernardo Leonardo Fey Schneider, C.Ss.R. †	Bishop of Potosí, Bolivia	Bishop Emeritus
41.9	Ordained Bishop	Peter Joseph Kairo	Bishop of Muranga, Kenya	Archbishop Emeritus of Nyeri, Kenya
22 May	24.5	Ordained Priest	Roman Pindel	Priest of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland	Bishop of Bielsko-Żywiec, Poland
23 May	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Robert Henry Brom †	Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus of San Diego, California, USA
28.6	Ordained Deacon	Benoît Marie Pascal Rivière	Deacon	Bishop of Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny), France
61.2	Ordained Bishop	Jožef Smej †	Titular Bishop of Tzernicus	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Maribor, Slovenia
26 May	63.8	Appointed	Enrico Assi †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy
86.3	Died	Alexandre (Sandor) Chira †	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
47.0	Succeeded	Nei Paulo Moretto †	Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
61.9	Selected	Ivan Semedi †	Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine	Bishop Emeritus
61.6	Resigned	Fiorino Tagliaferri †	Bishop of Cremona, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Viterbo, Italy
74.9	Retired	Benedito Zorzi †	Bishop of Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
28 May	24.8	Ordained Priest	Everardus Johannes de Jong	Priest of Roermond, Netherlands	Auxiliary Bishop
78.4	Died	Silvio Luis Haro Alvear †	Bishop Emeritus of Ibarra, Ecuador
25.8	Ordained Priest	Włodzimierz Roman Juszczak, O.S.B.M.	Priest of Basilian Order of Saint Josaphat (Order of St. Basil the Great)	Bishop of Wrocław-Koszalin (Ukrainian), Poland
29.1	Ordained Priest	Marco Salvi	Priest of Sansepolcro (Borgo San Sepolcro), Italy	Bishop of Civita Castellana, Italy
30.6	Ordained Deacon	Joseph Werth, S.J.	Deacon of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Trasfigurazione a Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
29 May	37.4	Ordained Priest	Jean-Pierre Marie Cattenoz	Priest of Avignon (-Apt, Cavaillon, Carpentras, Orange, e Vaison), France	Archbishop Emeritus of Avignon, France
33.9	Ordained Priest	Maksymilian Leon Dubrawski, O.F.M.	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
24.3	Ordained Priest	Gilbert Armea Garcera	Priest of Caceres (Nueva Caceres), Philippines	Archbishop of Lipa, Philippines
51.8	Ordained Bishop	Alessandro Maggiolini †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy	Bishop Emeritus of Como, Italy
47.8	Ordained Bishop	Celso Yegros Estigarribia †	Bishop of Carapeguá, Paraguay	Bishop Emeritus
30 May	42.3	Appointed	Paul Dahdah, O.C.D.	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Beirut {Bairut}, Lebanon
52.9	Appointed	Orlando Octacílio Dotti, O.F.M. Cap.	Coadjutor Bishop of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Bishop Emeritus
80.0	Retired	Augustinus Frotz †	Auxiliary Bishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
76.7	Retired	Ernest-Marie de Jésus-Hostie Charles Albert Nyary, O.C.D. †	Archbishop of Baghdad, Iraq	Archbishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Andrew Pataki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA	Bishop Emeritus
55.7	Appointed	Andrew Pataki †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop Emeritus of Passaic (Ruthenian), New Jersey, USA
31 May	63.6	Resigned	Fernand Lacroix, C.I.M. †	Bishop of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada	Bishop Emeritus
63.4	Appointed	Santo Bartolomeo Quadri †	Archbishop of Modena (e Nonantola), Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy
63.4	Ceased	Santo Bartolomeo Quadri †	Apostolic Administrator of Amelia, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus of Modena-Nonantola, Italy

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